Corinda Jean Herndon

Corinda Jean Herndon, 70, of St. Joseph, passed away Monday, October 27, 2014. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, October 31, 2014 at First Baptist Church, 902 Broad St, St. Joseph, officiated by Rev. Marlo Fritzke. Burial will be in Batesville, Arkansas. Friends may call from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, October 30, 2014 at Starks and Menchinger Chapel, 2650 Niles Road, St. Joseph. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church or Elks-Ray Carlson Memorial Fund, 601 Riverview Dr, Benton Harbor, MI 49022. Friends wishing to sign Cren’s Memory Book online may do so at www.starks-menchinger.com. Corinda was born on April 21, 1944 in Batesville, Arkansas to Hayden and Emma Jean Herndon. At age nine, Cren and her family moved to St. Joseph. After graduating from St. Joseph High School in 1962. She then went on to graduate from Lake Michigan College. Her very first job was helping out in her family’s restaurant, Herndon’s Tasty Grill. Her specialty was making omelets but she also enjoyed taking care of their very special customers. Later she worked at Burch Printer and Bibco as a Sales Representative. Cren also spent many years at Assembled Components. Her most recent role was as a care-taker. Cren enjoyed many happy times socializing at the original Mickey’s Pub. She also was the second female member of the Elks Lodge 541. Her free time was spent gardening, sewing, reading and whipping up wonderful meals. Cren enjoyed attending all her grandson’s Lakeshore wrestling matches and football games. Her most treasured moments, though, were being a loving mother, best friend and companion to her daughter, Dana. She was the best mother any daughter could ever wish for. Cren is survived by her mother, Emma Jean Herndon of St. Joseph and one daughter, Dana (Scott) Humes of Stevensville, and three grandsons: Michael, Tyler and Nicholas Humes; Brother in-law “Moose” Bowman (June) of St. Joseph. She is also survived by her nephew Jeff (Leza) Kirshenbaum of Bloomington, Illinois; nieces: Brooke (Brendan) Gualdoni of St. Joseph and Britney (Steve) Burkett of Phoenix, Arizona; great-nephews: Josh, Hunter and Colten; great-nieces: Halley, Frances, Grace and Esther. Cren is preceded in death by her brother, Thomas, her father, Hayden and her sister, Lou.